________ is employed by the Windows XP memory manager.
A) Lazy allocation
B) Anticipatory paging
C) Copy-on-write
D) all of the above

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All of the given options are employed by the Windows XP memory manager. Lazy allocation is a technique where memory is not allocated until it is actually needed. Anticipatory paging is a technique where the operating system tries to predict which pages will be needed in the near future and loads them into memory in advance. Copy-on-write is a technique where a single copy of a page is shared by multiple processes until one of the processes modifies the page, at which point a copy of the page is created for the modifying process.

________ Is Employed by the Windows XP Memory Manager